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Was it a foregone conclusion that Japanese expansionism and their hunger for resources would lead them into attacking the Allied Powers and the United States? How strong were the voices in the government and military who were opposed to it? Why weren't they listened to? Even without hindsight surely they were already far too involved in the Chinese invasion to take the catastrophic risk of opening up the war elsewhere, they knew not to provoke the Soviets for example. I understand that France a…⏱ 1w↩ 13

The japanese military were entirely captured by the Bushido code, which ment death before dis-izzat. They would not backdown and withdraw from china, they also killed liberal politicians who wanted peace. The US fleet had been sent to Pearl habour due to Americas adherence to Plan yellow, an 1890s plan which predicted war with japanesse samurai.⏱ 1w↩